Solar Beginners Corner

New to solar? Then this is the place to start. Basic solar, wind, battery, inverter stuff.

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Discussion	Started By	Replies	Views	Most Recent
solar grid fallback system	in8inite April 2014	14	2K	South Africa May 2014
Back-of-the-Envelope PV Setup for RV	AuricTech May 2014	11	882	BB. May 2014
Portrait vs Landscape layout...does it matter?	HX_Guy May 2014	9	3.8K	Cariboocoot May 2014
37.5 volt panel with 48 volt MPPT	esox May 2014	2	492	westbranch May 2014
Double Checking My Work	SolarBurner May 2014	3	458	Cariboocoot May 2014
Plugged off-grid cabin into small 200w inverter for fun - didn't work ;)	TorontoTim May 2014	9	1.6K	techntrek May 2014
Array size/terms	Arkansasoffgrid May 2014	1	126	Cariboocoot May 2014
used golf cart batteries off craigslist?	nubby May 2014	3	2.4K	bill von novak May 2014
Building a 48-volt Solar System . . .	billbaty April 2014	12	1.3K	Cariboocoot May 2014
AGM vs FLA	palausystem April 2014	8	684	palausystem May 2014
Smart Energy Management of EV, Household and Solar Panel study	Sean Gao May 2014	2	160	solar_dave May 2014
setting absorb and end amps ??	shockman May 2014	21	2.9K	verdigo May 2014
Lightning Question	quique May 2014	7	378	techntrek May 2014
Power Generation question	quique May 2014	6	303	techntrek May 2014
Yet another auto transformer question.	verdigo May 2014	9	501	Cariboocoot May 2014
Difference between number of Watt-hours in different battery bank configurations	quique May 2014	5	1.1K	quique May 2014
Mono vs Poly	Arkansasoffgrid May 2014	4	564	DMJ72 May 2014
adding a second solar panel	leaf April 2014	22	2.7K	Cariboocoot May 2014
Some beginner questions on an RV system, 12v or 24v panels (and all that goes with it)?	TucsonAZ April 2014	17	3.7K	Cariboocoot May 2014
i want to subscribe listserv about solar energy.	bobby, lin May 2014	2	179	bobby, lin May 2014
Looking to go solar...everything looking good, am I missing something? 12	HX_Guy April 2014	46	1.8K	HX_Guy May 2014
Some tools I found	South Africa May 2014	0	119	South Africa May 2014
How to easily and quickly know when a series fuse opens on a string of panels?	BilljustBill May 2014	7	289	BB. May 2014
Show me a close up of your commercial installed panels (CELLS)!!!	Kellez April 2014	6	332	SkiDoo55 May 2014
Unisolar ePVL 144	jcheil April 2014	6	739	jcheil May 2014
Determining battery health	palausystem April 2014	9	465	Cariboocoot April 2014
Dumb inverter quesrtion	verdigo April 2014	6	285	Cariboocoot April 2014
MACRS depreciation + tax credit on a residential system w/ home office?	HX_Guy April 2014	2	271	solar_dave April 2014
slayden an new at this	Slayden April 2014	3	242	Cariboocoot April 2014
Problem with low voltage from charge controller	Plowman April 2014	17	3.2K	Plowman April 2014